Breakfast club of champions

Student support officer Aaron Jackson started the breakfast club with another teacher in term 2 last year after he noticed students were skipping breakfast and saw their concentration in class suffer.

“Breakfast is vital food for the brain,” Mr Jackson said. 

“Classroom teachers will tell you that kids that don’t have breakfast lack concentration  and this negatively impacts on their behaviour and learning,” he said. 

Since the club started, the school has had 300 kilograms of cereal given as part of Kelloggs’ Breakfast for Better Days program.

“A group of 30 to 40 students access the club periodically but it’s available to every student,” Mr Jackson said. 

He said through the support of the school’s principal, the students were able to be given a better start to their day.

“Kids that access it may live out of town and might not have time or sometimes food can be a bit scarce so this really helps,” he said. 

Courtney Charlton said the club offered a variety of food.

“There’s toast, fruit, cereal, Milo, ham and cheese, and sometimes we make pancakes,” Courtney said. 

Teachers have noticed students of concern that began accessing the breakfast club started to show signs of improvement.

Mr Jackson said sometimes the students do not recognise the importance of breakfasts or cannot be bothered getting it. 

But he hopes to expand the club this year with a team of three or four staff joining the club and bringing it to the attention of students who many not already know of its existence